PioneerAward Program

Final ReportNarrative Questions

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Complete the final report narrative questions below. After completing your narrative questions, save this document on your computer and then submit the document via your Chesapeake Bay Trust Online System account.You can access your account using this link

  1. Awardee Information

Organization Name:

Project Leader:

Award Number:

Date:

  1. Project Summary
  2. Describe the project results achieved. Provide before, during, and after photos of the work, if applicable.
  1. PioneerAward Program Narrative Questions
  2. What was/were the key research goals and questions of the project?
  3. What are the results for the research goals and question(s)?
  4. If applicable, list and describe the regulatory presentations and trainings provided.
  5. If applicable, how can the findings be used for the regulatory community, for practitioners, for researchers, and others?
  6. What future research is needed?
  7. How and when did you provide the data for this project to the Chesapeake Bay Trust?
  8. Provide the citation if a scientific paper was submitted.
  1. Project Evaluation and Lessons Learned
  2. Discuss the project’s goal(s) and evaluation(s). Include how the project measured success to meet the goal(s) and to report the outcome(s).
  3. Discuss the greatest successes.
  4. Discuss the greatest challenges, including the lessons learned, and potential roadblocks to future progress.
  5. Based on the results of the project, how would you refine and improve your project or approach in the future?
  6. What advice would you give someone considering a similar project?
  1. Final Project Deliverables
  2. Provide all final products (e.g., final report, data, scientific paper, fact sheets, presentation, etc.) and any additional deliverables required per the approved award.

For questions about your final report, contact the Trust program manager at 410-974-2941.

Directions to submit your final report online:

  1. Sign into your account using this link and the same username and password as when you applied.
  2. Once signed in click on the Requirements tab.
  3. If you do not see your requirement, use the dropdown on the right and in the middle of the page to shift between “Show: New” and “Show: In Progress.”
  4. You should see below the yellow bar your Final Report link.
  5. Click on the Final Report link and follow the instructions.
  6. Once complete, click Submit & Review and make sure you have uploaded and entered all of the necessary information.
  7. If so, click Submit.

To confirm your requirement was successfully submitted use the dropdown to shift between “Show: In Progress” and “Show: Submitted Requirements.”

Photos: Upload any photos, digital images, newsletter articles, or press clippings to supplement your written description. These supplemental files can be uploaded into your final report’s narrative section under “additional attachments,” located on your Chesapeake Bay Trust Online System account.

DISCLAIMER: By submitting photos and videos in your final report, you are acknowledging ownership and copyright of the photos and videos submitted. The copyright will remain with the photographer. However, the Trust reserves the right to publish all items in publications, websites, advertising and promotional materials. You also confirm that you have written consent from all subjects in the photos/video submitted including if any subjects are minors under the age of eighteen.

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